Finding groove/MIDI parts you’ve used?

[dzigany]

Ok, so I’m adding song/groove parts to the song timeline… but as I’m clicking through the various MIDI libraries… and I can’t remember from which a certain part is from… is there any way to show the part in the grooves browser???

EZdrummer version: 3.0.4
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

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[Shootie]

Unless you’ve reinstalled EZD drummer after you made this song or uninstalled the midi pack it came from, this will work…

Right click on the Groove in your EZD Song Track, go to Find>Select Containing Folder. You should see your Groove and the Folder it derives from above.

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[dzigany]

The alternative is greyed out. I have neither reinstalled or uninstalled… hmmm…

[Shootie]

2 Things

1. Drag a new beat from the Grooves Tab, and test the Find feature, just to make sure the feature works in the first place.

2. Drag the beat(s) in question to Tap2Find, then sort the results window with the Matching Column. The first one that is “100%” should be your beat. Then you could use the Find feature from there if you wish.

If the first thing works, I will guess that you made this song, did and update, and now your old groove don’t work with the Find feature. But your newer songs will. I’ve had this issue before too, I just haven’t narrowed it down on what exactly triggers it. I think it was an uninstall/reinstall for me. But in this case, an update may do it too. Let me know.

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[ReneMusic]

Could Toontrack not improve their product  by writing the name of the groove directly in the header of the Midi part in stead of in my case with EZD3 writing “Hi-Hat Tight Edge”

in the header of each groove i have used. I find this information not very useful. I have also EZBass and EZKeys 2 and I guess it is the same there.

Probably a big problem for Toontrack because quite a few people ask for this. I hope for the best but I am pessimistic

because this reply was from 2022. I was also not possible for me to give the midi part of a groove another name. The work around is too much work.

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

• This post was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by ReneMusic.

[John]

Hi,

there’s a reason for everything but one I could think of is that if the name and pathway for a groove would be displayed in the groove part, it would most often be ridiculously long.

As Shootie wrote above; right-clicking a groove and either “Find > Select containing Folder in Grooves” or “Find > Search with Tap2Find” would give you results quicker than deciphering a very long groove part name.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[ReneMusic]

Hi John

Thank you for your quick answer. The name and tempo woud be sufficient for me no pathname. Or a four digit hex cifre before a (short) name with tempo. A four digit hex code gives 64K possible combinations. The pattern groove should be searchable  with the 4 digit hex code.

Sorry I was thinking loud and there is probably a reason not to do so.

I will use the method you described.

But I will mention that StudioDrummer from Native Instruments , Sessiondrummer from Cakewalk , freeware MT PowerDrumkit 2 all transfer the name of the pattern to my daws (Studio One 7 Pro, Cubase 13 Pro and Ableton Suite 11) . Sessiondrummer also transfers the tempo because it is a part of the name.

Friendly René Liebregt

 

 

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

[John Guy]

It’s 2024 and I’m sorry to say.. it still works exactly like this.

All 3 times so far I’ve gone in wanting to compose, the moment I can’t retrace my steps to find what grooves I dragged into the timeline, the whole creative process stops dead right there, for me, and probably many other people.

There’s even a horizontal bar above each groove of the track where they have plenty of space to display its origin, and allow you to click to get back to that spot in the library. It boggles the mind that even this simple common-sense feature isn’t there.

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

[Shootie]

Right clicking the groove and selecting Find doesn’t work? You didn’t quote any of the previous posts so I’m not exactly sure what you’re referring to.

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